InvisibLink Layout             

InvisibLink is notionally divided into 3 areas, referred to as the Label, Text and Link. The Label area acts as the controller for the applet - when the mouse moves over this, the color-fading begins. The Text area displays your chosen text, which the applet can autowrap within the margins. The Link is a clickable link to between one and four URLs.

Label Area

This area contains the arrow and the Label. In typical Cool Focus style, the arrow can be recolored or removed entirely (it doesn't fade). The Label can be any text you like, or can be blank, and is always vertically centered within the label area. The ButtonHeight parameter sets the height of the Label area, allowing for a larger font to be used for the Label. By default, moving the mouse over the Label itself simply fades the Label between its start and end colors, and moving the mouse over the arrow fades every portion of the applet. However, by setting the LabelReact parameter to 'yes', the Label will react in the same way as the arrow. (If you opt not to show the arrow, LabelReact is switched on automatically.)

Text Area

The area in which the contents of your Text parameter are displayed. Initially this text will be displayed in its start color (TextStartColor). By default this is the same as the background color, so that this text is invisible until the mouse moves over the arrow to fade everything up. You can specify left and right margins between which the Text will be wrapped (if AutoWrap is used), and a VerticalOffset to move the text up or down within the applet.

Link Area

The Link area is a mouse-reactive area that exactly matches the height and width of the Link text. It's placed in a fixed position relative to the right and bottom edges of the applet. Therefore, as you increase the applet height, the Link text moves downward (because the bottom of the applet does). This means that it's possible for the Link text to sit right over the Text area, but use of the RightMargin parameter and applet Height attributes make this easily avoidable. The Link area only becomes active if you specify one or more URLs; otherwise the applet will have no Link area.